Update…Robert Mueller has told Trump’s lawyer’s their client is not on the hook criminally…

Mueller HAS told Trump’s lawyers that they WILL being releasing several reports on their investigations….

And they ARE considering obstruction of justice and want to know the WHOLE truth about Russian interference in the 2016 Presidential Election….

Trump feels he’s over the hump….

He wants to talk….

A lot of lawyers do NOT think Donald Trump would be smart to go into the room with the

FBI agents and Dept. of Justice lawyers….

Trump has always been his own problem maker….

Going into the lion’s den could have Trump deliver himself out of a job by his OWN words….

Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III informed President Trump’s attorneys last month that he is continuing to investigate the president but does not consider him a criminal target at this point, according to three people familiar with the discussions.

In private negotiations in early March about a possible presidential interview, Mueller described Trump as a subject of his investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Prosecutors view someone as a subject when that person has engaged in conduct that is under investigation but there is not sufficient evidence to bring charges.

The special counsel also told Trump’s lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.

Mueller reiterated the need to interview Trump — both to understand whether he had any corrupt intent to thwart the Russia investigation and to complete this portion of his probe, the people said.

Mueller’s description of the president’s status has sparked friction within Trump’s inner circle as his advisers have debated his legal standing. The president and some of his allies seized on the special counsel’s words as an assurance that Trump’s risk of criminal jeopardy is low. Other advisers, however, noted that subjects of investigations can easily become indicted targets — and expressed concern that the special prosecutor was baiting Trump into an interview that could put the president in legal peril.

John Dowd, Trump’s top attorney dealing with the Mueller probe, resigned last month amid disputes about strategy and frustration that the president ignored his advice to refuse the special counsel’s request for an interview, according to a Trump friend…..

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Joyce Alena
@JoyceWhiteVance
If Mueller believes he has sufficient evidence to indict Trump, but cannot indict a sitting President, expect the report he writes to be sufficiently politically damaging to make impeachment the only option. The GOP didn’t turn on Nixon until his crimes were clear.

Joyce Alene
‏@JoyceWhiteVance
A Mueller report that details criminal conduct by Trump but declines to indict puts enormous political pressure on Congress to act responsibly. If that is how this plays out, there will also be a series of indictments of any number of people close to him & in his administration.